Waimarama, Reflecting on Water, Motu-O-Kura Series, 2018
The Motu-O-Kura series, began with Carters residency at Waimarama Beach. It explores a myriad of perspectives of the Motu-O-Kura (Bare Island). Carter references her long-time inspiration, Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai. Carter has previously made work that is an homage to Hokusai’s Kanagawa Wave. In this work, she references Hokusai’s ’36 views of Mt Fuji’, creating a number of views and re-imagined perspectives and reflections of the iconic Motu-O-Kura (Bare Island). Some of these works reference the history of the island as a fishing location for local iwi that continues today connecting the tangata whenua of Waimarama to the island.
The works also draw on Alberto Giacometti’s observation:
‘ The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity’
(On October 16th 1769 Cook sailed past the eastern side of Motu-O-Kura and recorded seeing, ‘a good many houses, boats and some people, we concluded that they must be fishers because the island was quite barren.’ Again in 1827 Jules Dumont D'Urville sailed past and reported seeing houses and boats on the seaward side.)
The works also draw on Alberto Giacometti’s observation:
‘ The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity’
(On October 16th 1769 Cook sailed past the eastern side of Motu-O-Kura and recorded seeing, ‘a good many houses, boats and some people, we concluded that they must be fishers because the island was quite barren.’ Again in 1827 Jules Dumont D'Urville sailed past and reported seeing houses and boats on the seaward side.)
Title: Reflections of Motu-O-Kura #1, 2018
Title: Reflections of Motu-O-Kura #2, 2018
Title: Reflections of Motu-O-Kura #3, 2018
Title: Pink Motu-O-Kura, 2018
